Mitie has won a new £3 million contract with Bristol Airport (BRS) extending its relationship for a further three years. The contract is to provide baggage screening services and has the option to extend for an additional two years. Mitie, which has provided services to the airport for over 20 years, was awarded the contract following a successful competitive retender process. Mitie will continue to deliver behind-the-scenes security services by monitoring thousands of pieces of check-in luggage for around nine million passengers flying fro...

The British Security Industry Association’s (BSIA) flagship event, the British Security Awards, has recognised security officers and companies working to keep people, property and places safe during the last 18 months. Held online for a second year due to continued COVID-19 restrictions, the show also featured the Chairman’s Award, dedicated to Skills for Security Chairman and long-time BSIA associate Tony Allen, who sadly died at the begi...

Mitie has won a three-year contract to deliver security services for Associated British Ports (ABP), the UK’s leading ports group. The contract will see Mitie deliver security services, including staffed guarding and passenger searches and screening, for all of ABP’s ports. Mitie has won a new three-year contract to deliver security services for Associated British Ports (ABP), the UK’s leading ports group. The contract has the option to extend for a further two years and will see Mitie provide services for ABP’s 21 ports across Engla...

Mitie has expanded its partnership with Birmingham Airport with a new three-year contract to provide baggage screening and passenger assistance services. Mitie has been providing security services, such as access control, at the airport for eight years. As part of its baggage screening service, Mitie will monitor thousands of pieces of check-in luggage for passengers flying from Birmingham Airport every day. With safety of passengers and employees the priority, the screening will allow Mitie to check that prohibited items, such as flammable ...

Over the last two decades, the role of security officers has shifted. Where once it was simply a case of guarding a door or location, years of upskilling and diversification have transformed the role to be something more. Security Officers are now required to possess higher levels of training and assume more responsibility than they did in the past. The advent of the Coronavirus Pandemic made this fact even more self-evident. While the public ...

On Wednesday the 26^th of February 2020, Infologue attended the Outstanding Performance Awards and Leadership Summit. This article is a summary of the events and will include a list of the winners below. Starting at 11:15 with a reception at the Royal Lancaster Hotel, the Thought Leadership Summit brought together several sponsors and exhibitors with professionals from the security industry at large. Exhibitors included Audax, Innovise, T...

August 5th 2019 In their latest purchase on the acquisition trail, Mitie Security has acquired the cloud-based software developer Global Aware International Group (GAIG). Their aim in acquiring GAIG is to improve the connectivity of their security services across their business by bringing this former software partner, in-house. GAIG’s software will be familiar to many of Mitie’s clients as it has already been deployed widely amongst their retail securi...